We promised you a spin number this morning, and here it is! Your Spin Number is –
1.
If you joined the game last week, find number 1 on your Spin List! That’s the title you are challenged to read by July 7, 2014. We’ll toss a post up on July 7 to see who completed the game.
As always, the prize is the reading experience. Details here.
In case anyone asks — it would be awesome if everyone posted about their Spin book on July 7. But that’s not mandatory or anything. If you want to, though, have at it! 🙂
Check in below if you played. What’s your #1 title? Are you glad, hesitant, excited about your title? Do tell!
Twitter hashtag: #ccspin
– the Club
The Classics Club 
I ended up with The Canterbury Tales. Anyone else have this??
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I didn’t even see that this existed! I’ve never missed a spin! I’ve also never completed a spin, so it’s probably for the best. Next time!
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I got Walden and Civil Disobedience by Thoreau. Only on pg 12 so far, started out differently than they was I thought it would.
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My pick is Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. I basically put the first 15 books from the alphabetical Penguin Drop Caps books (I’ve got A – P right now), so that’s how I got Austen…
Here’s my opening post (and in there a link to my original 20):
http://www.nycbookworm.com/2014/05/the-classics-club-spin-is1.html
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I didn’t get a list made in time, but side The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath has been in the #1 slot for all previous spins, I’ll go with that 😉
http://lakesidemusing.blogspot.com/2014/05/classics-club-spin-6.html
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“since” not side…
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That’s a good one to read even if a little disturbing at times
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I messed up on this and didn’t quite get how it works, so I’m stealing Behold the Stars’s idea of Reader’s Choice.
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I’m very happy with the #1 on my list, The Woman in the Dunes by Kobo Abe 😀
http://blog.brilliantyears.net/archives/2027
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Oh, Malory’s on my list too (a reread, actually, and I *loved* it the first time around. Once you get into it, it goes by far more quickly than you’d think :D).
I actually got the complete poems of Emily Dickinson this spin round, which I am so stoked for!
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I got The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan. Still not sure how I feel about this since I do want to read it, but it’s going to be tough to read I’m sure!
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I had that in the number 1 position but then changed my mind at the last moment. Phew
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My Spin pick is Bab: A Sub-Deb by Mary Roberts Rinehart. Been meaning to get to this one. Just read up on the author too, and she had a very interesting life: http://agoodstoppingpoint.wordpress.com/2014/05/12/classics-club-spin-pick-baba-sub-deb-by-mary-roberts-rinehart/
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That book had me in stitches! So funny!
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No Name by Wilkie Collins. Shared reading with Melbourne on my Mind 🙂
http://bronasbooks.blogspot.com.au/2014/05/classic-club-spin-6.html
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My book is The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne and I was NOT looking forward to it!!! But I guessed, they never pick an obvious number like 1….goes to show Murphy’s Law is still at play!!!
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Scarlet Letter is actually a pretty good book – I wrote about it for my AP literature exam essay! It has some interesting characters, and the way they “play off” of each other is fantastic.
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Hey Sophia….thank you for the encouragement! I will definitely read it with an open mind!
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Oliver Twist was my #1 this time around. I was kind of hoping for a Bronte, but I’m pretty pleased with this one. I used to love Dickens, but it’s been a very long time since I read anything of his.
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I’ve got Lord of the Flies, quite happy with that! My husband has been trying to make me read it for years….
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I’ll be diving into A High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes. http://readthegamut.wordpress.com/2014/05/12/the-classics-club-spin-number-announced/
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I got Oedipus at Colonus, which is the second of Sophocles Three Theban Plays, so I have decided to read all three! Here’s my post: http://cleoclassical.blogspot.ca/2014/05/classics-club-spin-6-winner-is.html
Happy reading, everyone! 🙂
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I’m going to read Faustus and one other play by Kit Marlowe. http://howlingfrog.blogspot.com/2014/05/classics-spin-result.html
The funny part is, I wanted Baldwin’s Go Tell it On the Mountain and moved it from the #1 spot…
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I got Robinson Crusoe 🙂
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I will be reading The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (translated in the modern English by Nevill Coghill). I hope to one day read the poem in the original English, but for the spin, I will read it in translation.
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I got this too – have you started reading it yet? Do you want to share thoughts? post a comment on my blog if you are interested
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I got a reread of Gone With the Wind! A bit long, but really one of the best I could have gotten.
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I’m very excited to read it 🙂
By the way, do you happen to be the blogger behind the disappeared “passion for dead leaves” blog? If so, I’m glad I’ve found you again 🙂
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Yippee!! I was worried when you just poofed out of existence. 🙂
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Lucky, lucky you. I would love to reread this chunkster one day 🙂
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I got A Winter’s Tale by Shakespeare. 🙂
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Nice!
I saw a performance of it just last month at the Opera House in Sydney. It was a modern interpretation mostly from the young son’s point of view.
Good luck 🙂
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I got Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte, which was a book I was dreading. We’ll see how it goes. 🙂
http://youmeandacupofteablog.blogspot.com/2014/05/classics-club-spin-may-2014-number.html
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I really enjoyed Agnes Grey. I’m a teacher so I could relate to all the tales about her life as a governess…
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I hope to read this one soon. It keeps getting such rave reviews (A Reader and Sam to start!) and it sounds like my kind of thing.
Good luck – big breath and dive right in 🙂
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Mine’s As I Lay Dying, William Faulkner. I’m excited and very nervous at the same time because The Sound and the Fury is one of my fav books ever, but Faulkner is not the easiest author to follow.
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I read quite a few Faulkner novels in college (not As I Lay Dying however) and I remember that while I usually couldn’t quite track what was happening, I really loved his writing.
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It’s true, Faulkner’s tough to read but I’m hoping it to be at least somewhat rewarding in the end 🙂
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I got Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin, which I’ve been wanting to read for a long time. Excited!
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Yay Sense and Sensibility. I was hoping for an Austen last time so I’m very pleased.
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Lucky!!
I love the differences in temperament and personalities of the 2 sisters and how Austen explores the pro’s and con’s of each 🙂
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I am looking forward to a reread as it has been some years and this is one of my favourite Austen’s.
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I’m going to read Matilda by Roald Dahl. I’m ok with that, though I was kinda hoping I could read that with the kids over the summer. At least I shouldn’t have a problem finishing the book by July.
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My Spin pick is “The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo.” It was on my “Books I Keep Putting Off” list. Time to stop procrastinating, I guess!! Well, maybe after I’ve finished it, I’ll have the courage to start “Les Miserables.”
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The Hunchback was my number 4, and I keep putting it off as well. I hope you enjoy the book.
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This was on my list too, but I’ve read a number of French books lately, so I was pleased to get an English author instead with Wilkie Collins.
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I haven’t read Hunchback, but Les Miserables is one of my favorite books. I’ll warn you though, if you ever liked the musical, you will hate it after the book. I know, the whole, usual thing about readers and adaptations, but that really isn’t the reason you’ll hate the musical. It’s because Hugo was making such a point about class and complacency. And, yes, I get really worked up about that book.
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I also haven’t read hunchback but les Miz is an absolute favorite of mine. I adore Hugo’s fantastic characterizations. And I didn’t mind the musical that much, though I was disappointed at some of the stuff they left out of course.
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I really enjoyed Hunchback of Notre Dame. Watch out for a historical tangent that occurs early on – it derails the story for a little while, but then it gets back on track.
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My #1 was Kobo Abe’s “The Woman in the Dunes”. I’m pleased I must say!
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I’m thrilled because mine is Wilkie Collins’ No Name, and I’ve yet to meet a Wilkie Collins book I haven’t loved!
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Oh that one’s on my Classics Club list, though not on this spin. I should put it on my next one!
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I’m excited too – No Name has had lots of rave reviews from fellow bloggers. I’m delighted to be reading this one with a fellow Aussie too 🙂
http://bronasbooks.blogspot.com.au/2014/05/classic-club-spin-6.html
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My #1 was Kobo Abe’s “The Woman in the Dunes”. I’m pleased I must say!
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I’m both glad and wary as I have to read Le Morte D’Arthur which comes in two volumes. It’s a long one. But I have a feeling I’ll love it.
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Oh I’m actually in the process of reading that one! It is a bit long, but it’s pretty awesome. 🙂
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I’m glad to hear it’s worth it! A thousand pages is a lot but I have a month and I have so hopefully I can do it.
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Oh! Malory is wonderful!
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